Garrett College - Continuing Education

Customized Training Opportunities
Training Doesn't Have to Put a Constraint on Your Budget!
A well-trained workforce means higher productivity for your company. We can help you to custom design skills-related training to meet your specialized needs.

Flexibility and Quick Turnaround
Qualified Instructors
Courses to Fit Your Specific Needs
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Training at Your Facility or at any of our three locations
Cost Effectiveness
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Customized training topics may include: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, QuickBooks, Teambuilding, Communication, Supervisory Skills, Customer Service, and much, much more. Call us at 301-387-3101 and let us know how we can help!

The Continuing Education & Workforce Development Division of Garrett College is pleased to offer two courses in conjunction with Garrett County Economic Development (GCED). GCED currently funds a small business counselor, Beverley Williams, who works with Garrett County entrepreneurs at no cost. In addition, Beverley, along with fellow small business consultant Sarah Wilt, instructs the following courses which are being subsidized by GCED:

How to Start a Small Business
Thinking about starting a small business? Not sure where to begin? Join us for a free session to help you determine if entrepreneurship is right for you. The facilitator for this session is an established business owner and small business counselor who is experienced in the start-up and operation of successful businesses. Topics include: characteristics of a successful entrepreneur, the importance of a business plan, financing options, local resources and more. Each participant will receive a copy of the Starting and Operating a Business in Garrett County, MD “resource guide.

Session 1: How to Write a Plan for Your Business- whether you are looking for financing or deciding the path your business should take, a business plan is key. Participants will explore and develop the key elements of their plan during this session.

Session 2: Financing Your Business, Start up or Expansion: How do you predict how much money you need for your business? Where to find it? How to get it? This session examines available capital from traditional resources as well as your own assets.

Session 3: Targeting Your Market. Understanding who your ideal client is and where to find them is a necessary step before developing your marketing plan and budget. Learn effective strategies for pinpointing the best clients for your business.

Session 4: Marketing and Advertising Basics. Learn how to advertise in the right place, at the right time, to the right market with a limited marketing budget.

Session 5: Bookkeeping and Income Tax Basics for Small Business Owners. Learn simple, effective ways to set up a bookkeeping system organize your records and use them to complete your tax obligation forms.

Session 6: Positioning Your Business for Growth. Growth is the key to longevity and prosperity. Discover the steps that you must take to successfully grow your business. This session will also include a wrap-up of the business plan .

The Language of Marketing
Discover the power of the words you use in your marketing message. What words will induce impulse buyers to buy? What words appeal to emotional buyers vs "due diligence" buyers? This course will help you evaluate your marketing message and give it more power.

How to Excel at Managing & Supervising People
This SkillPath seminar is coming to Garrett County!
Course Description: Here’s the bottom line: To succeed in your expanding role, you’ve got to get in tune with the times…and keep one step ahead of the changes. That means continually updating your skills and seeking out all the freshest ideas, latest strategies and cutting-edge techniques you can get your hands on. That’s where this intensive, hands-on workshop comes in. In one day, you’ll get the most up-to-the-minute information and exciting discoveries available on how to manage change, motivate, discipline, delegate, inspire, problem solve… all the critical skills you need to succeed as a supervisor.
Topics:

Add leadership to your repertoire of skills
Wear all of your supervisory hats successfully
Positive ways to inspire, guide and lead
Manage unwanted behaviors and attitudes
Take command of the creative process

Registration deadline: February 14th. We must have 20 students registered by this date to bring SkillPath to Garrett County!

Essential General Records for Small Business
This is a crash course in bookkeeping for the small business. Students will be introduced to the general records that are used to track the daily transactions of a business; including revenue and expense journal, inventory records; accounts receivable, and accounts payable. Students will also be introduced to single and double entry accounting and developing a chart of accounts. Additional topics include: general journal; revenue and expense journal; petty cash records; fixed assets log; payroll records; independent contractors; and much more.

MD SR $20

GC $50

OOC $53

OOS $56

Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Managers
This SkillPath seminar is coming to Garrett County! Course Description: Gain the finance and accounting savvy you need to plan budgets, justify requests and spot problems before they get out of hand. In just two days of intensive training, you’ll learn the practical financial skills that will help you make better management decisions, knowledge you’ll use throughout your career.

Registration deadline: March 13th. We must have 20 students registered by this date to bring SkillPath to Garrett County.

MD SR $375

GC $395

OOC $397

OOS $399

QuickBooks Beginner Level
The class will provide an introduction to the computer program for participants with little or no experience in using the program. Topics to be covered include creating a new QuickBooks company, modifying the preset chart of accounts, adding information to company lists, opening and using registers for any QuickBooks balance sheet accounts, and reconciling a QuickBooks checking account.

MD SR $25

GC $50

OOC $52.50

OOS $55

QuickBooks Intermediate Level
This class is designed for the individual with moderate experience using the program. Course topics will include tracking credit card transactions, invoicing customers, creating sales orders, generating customer statements, receiving payment from customers and making bank deposits. It will also include writing QuickBooks checks and assigning amounts to specific expense accounts, working with asset and liability accounts in QuickBooks, entering bills into QuickBooks accounts payable, and paying bills.

MD SR $25

GC $50

OOC $52.50

OOS $55

QuickBooks Advanced Level
This advanced course is designed for the experienced QuickBooks user and will address the more advanced features of the program. The topics will include creating and customizing reports and graphs, exporting QuickBooks to Microsoft excel, setting up inventory and building finished goods with QuickBooks, tracking and paying sales tax, understanding QuickBooks payroll features creating estimates and doing progress invoicing, tracking time and paying non-employees for time worked, customizing QuickBooks sales forms, and writing letters in Microsoft Word using QuickBooks.

Construction Math
This course is for those who may need to brush up on math skills, especially basic geometry, fractions, area, volume and conversions. Topics to be covered include: whole numbers and fractions/decimals (for measurement and payment); mixed operation fractions and decimals; formula evaluation techniques of algebra; ratio and proportion; percentage; hints for problem solving; useful formulas; square and square root conversions.